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CSGA announces scholarship winners

Rocky Hill, CT (June 30, 2008) -- The CSGA recently awarded 14 scholarships to employees at Connecticut golf clubs. The scholarships are given in honor of its long-time Executive Director William "Widdy" Neale. The program recognizes graduating high school seniors who work at CSGA member golf clubs in positions serving the golf program and/or serving golfers and who are enrolling in four-year colleges and universities.

Recipients are selected on the basis of financial need, scholarship, school and community service and good character. The Fund is supported primarily by a major financial commitment from the CSGA. Other significant contributors include the Bob Pryde Endowment administered by The Community Foundation for New Haven, the Connecticut State Seniors Golf Association and the Senior Golfers of Connecticut. Increasingly important are the contributions of individual golfers through the CSGA golf bag tag program. Since 1954, the program has awarded over $2.3 million in scholarship aid to 483 graduating high school seniors. Unlike many other scholarship programs, the CSGA scholarships are four-year awards.

CSGA President Richard Zanini stated that this year's recipients are all outstanding young people with excellent academic records who have been leaders in their schools and who have completed extensive community service. He stated that their fields of interest for college study are diverse and include management information systems, business administration and accounting, actuarial science, sports administration, law, economics and international studies. Dr. Zanini indicated that the scholarship awards generally range from $1,000 to $2,500 and may be renewed for up to three years.

This year's recipients are:
  • Matthew Dean, Westbrook and The Course at Yale
  • Ryan Jordan, Wethersfield and Wethersfield CC
  • Brendan Martise, Greenwich and Round Hill Club
  • Christopher Marques, Naugatuck and Watertown GC
  • Sean Massi, Greenwich and The Stanwich Club
  • Rodney Maye, Jr., New Haven and New Haven CC
  • Michael Orenstein, West Hartford and Wampanoag CC
  • Keith Regalbuti, Broad Brook and Suffield CC
  • Conor Ryan, Shelton and Brooklawn CC
  • Adam Vaccari, Winsted and Fairview Farm GC and Green Woods CC.

Forty-five Widdy Neale scholarship recipients currently attend colleges as diverse as Connecticut College, Dartmouth, Union, NYU, Penn State, Middlebury, Providence, Bentley, Wheaton, Boston College, Susquehanna, Cornell, Wake Forest, Tufts, Tulane, William and Mary, Williams, University of Massachusetts and University of Connecticut.



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